Anna Vergun, MD

MEDICAL SCHOOL

• Cornell University, 1999 - 2003

RESIDENCY

• University of California, Los Angeles, 2004 - 2009
• Area: Orthopaedic Surgery

FELLOWSHIP

• Hospital for Sick Children, 2009 - 2010
• Area: Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery

CERTIFICATIONS

• Orthopaedic Surgery, Board Certified, 2013

• Hip dysplasia surgery: closed or open hip reductions and pelvic osteotomies (Salter, Pemberton, Dega, Tönnis, Periacetabular, and Staheli shelf osteotomies)
• Neuromuscular hip and lower extremity procedures
• Limb deficiency surgery, including limb reconstruction or conversion amputations
• Lower limb realignment with growth modulation or osteotomies
• Ponseti clubfoot techniques, including casting and surgical procedures

• Limb deficiencies
• Pediatric fracture management
• Hip dysplasia
• Quality of life outcomes
• Stem cell therapies

• 2018 – present Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedics
• 2018 – present Division Chief of Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Orthopaedics
• 2014 – 2018 Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedics

• 2020 UNC Learning Environment Committee Acknowledgement
• 2018 Palestine Children’s Relief Fund Humanitarian Award
• 2009 Shriners Hospitals for Children – Los Angeles Research Award
• 2008 Ruth Jackson Orthopaedic Society, Jacqueline Perry Research Award
• 2003 HSS Orthopedic Surgery Research Award
• 1995 Phi Betta Kappa
• 1995 First Group Scholar
• 1993 Sigma Xi
• 1992-1995 Dean’s List

Book Chapters

• Cuomo AV, Watts HG. Atlas of Amputations and Limb Deficiencies. Krajbich I, ed. American Academy of Orthopedics, 4th ed., in press. The Multiple Limb Deficient Child.
• Cuomo AV. Atlas of Amputations and Limb Deficiencies. Krajbich I, ed. American Academy of Orthopedics, 4th ed., in press. Principles of Pediatric Amputation Surgery.
• Cuomo AV, Watts HG. Global Orthopaedics and Traumatology. Spiegel D, ed. Springer Sciences + Business Media, New York, In Press. Limb Deficiencies.
• Cuomo AV, Bowen R, Otsuka NY. In: Flynn J, ed. Operative Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery. Flynn J, ed. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia 2008. Open Tendoachilles Lengthening; pp 1619-1625.
• Cuomo AV, Lieberman JR. In: Musculoskeletal Tissue Regeneration. Pietrzak WS, ed. Humana Press; 2008. The Future of Musculoskeletal Tissue Regeneration: A Clinical Perspective; pp. 619-634.

see entire list available at PubMed

Anna Cuomo, MD

Pediatric